diff --git a/etc/i5.las2peer.services.contactService.ContactService.properties b/etc/i5.las2peer.services.contactService.ContactService.properties
deleted file mode 100755
index 8b13789..0000000
--- a/etc/i5.las2peer.services.contactService.ContactService.properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-
diff --git a/src/main/i5/las2peer/services/contactService/ContactService.java b/src/main/i5/las2peer/services/contactService/ContactService.java
index 4a6f780..106b8d0 100755
--- a/src/main/i5/las2peer/services/contactService/ContactService.java
+++ b/src/main/i5/las2peer/services/contactService/ContactService.java
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 import javax.ws.rs.core.Response.Status;
 
 import i5.las2peer.api.Context;
-import i5.las2peer.api.ManualDeployment;
 import i5.las2peer.api.persistency.Envelope;
 import i5.las2peer.api.persistency.EnvelopeException;
 import i5.las2peer.api.persistency.EnvelopeNotFoundException;
@@ -85,7 +84,6 @@
  * @version 0.2.1
  */
 @ServicePath("contactservice")
-@ManualDeployment
 public class ContactService extends RESTService {
 
 	private static final String USER_INFORMATION_SERVICE = "i5.las2peer.services.userInformationService.UserInformationService@0.2";
@@ -96,12 +94,6 @@ public class ContactService extends RESTService {
 	private final static String group_prefix = "groups_";
 	private final static String address_prefix = "addressbook";
 
-	public ContactService() {
-		// read and set properties values
-		// IF THE SERVICE CLASS NAME IS CHANGED, THE PROPERTIES FILE NAME NEED TO BE CHANGED TOO!
-		setFieldValues();
-	}
-
 	@Override
 	protected void initResources() {
 		getResourceConfig().register(ContactResource.class);